Uppercase Print / Tipografic Majuscul, directed by
Radu Jude, will be out in the Romanian cinemas starting with February 21, 2020, one day before the international premiere that will take place at the Berlin International Film Festival, in the Forum section.
An adaptation of the homonymous documentary theatre performance signed by Gianina Cărbunariu, by means of the editing technique, the film connects two stories and two histories. One is the real story of the teenager Mugur Călinescu who, in 1981, wrote with a piece of chalk on the walls texts against Nicolae Ceaușescu`s dictatorship. His story is told just the way Gianina Cărbunariu recomposed from his Security file. The second one is the official story that Romania saw and heard: footage from the National Television archives, from the same period of time.
The film features the actors Șerban Lazarovici, Bogdan Zamfir, Ioana Iacob, Șerban Pavlu, Robert Arsenie, Bogdan Romedea, Alexandru Bîscoveanu, Alexandru Potocean, Silvian Vîlcu, Ion Rizea, Rareș Hontzu, Claudia Ieremia, Irina Vacarciuc, Doriana Talmazan, Gabriel Spahiu, Gabriel Răuță, Constantin Dogioiu.
The screenplay is signed by Radu Jude și Gianina Cărbunariu,
Marius Panduruis the director of photography, the editing is signed by
Cătălin Cristuțiu, Irina Moscu was in charge of the art production and Dorin Negrău of the costumes.
Ada Solomon is the producer.
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Tipografic Majuscul will be screened in Bucharest (Cinema City AFI Cotroceni, Cinema City Sun Plaza, Cinema City Mega Mall, Cinema City Park Lake, Movieplex, Hollywood Multiplex, Happy Cinema, Cinema „Elvire Popesco”, Cinema Muzeul Țăranului, Cinemateca Union, Cinema Europa), Arad (Cinema Arta), Bârlad (Cityplex Victoria), Bistrița (Centrul Cultural Dacia), Botoșani (Cine Globe), Brașov (Cinemateca Patria, Visssual), Cluj-Napoca (Cinema City Iulius Mall, Cinema Victoria, Cinema Arta, Cinema „Florin Piersic”), Constanța (Cinema City Constanța City Park, Centrul Multifuncțional Educativ pentru Tineret „Jean Constantin”), Gura Humorului (Centrul Cultural Gura Humorului), Iași (Cinema Iași), Pitești (Cinema Trivale), Ploiești (Cinema City Ploiești
Shopping City), Sibiu (Cine Gold), Sfântu Gheorghe (Cityplex Arta), Slobozia (Casa de Cultură), Târgu Mureș (Cinema Arta), Timișoara (Cinema City Timișoara Shopping City, Casa Artelor) and Vaslui (Cityplex).
Radu Jude`s latest feature film will have a preview screening at the Victoria Cinema in Cluj-Napoca, during the TIFF Cinematheque, on February 20, starting with 20:00.
The actress Ioana Iacob will attend the screening that will take place at the Arts House in Timișoara, on February 21, from 20:00.
The film is scheduled also in Piatra Neamț, (at the Youth National Theatre), on February 27, 2020, from 18:00.
The actors Șerban Lazarovici and Gabriel Spahiu will attend the screening taking place in Brașov (at Visssual) scheduled on February 27, at 19:00.
A special screening that will be attended by part of the crew will take place on March 3 at the Peasant Museum Cinema in Bucharest, from 19:45. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session.
The 70th edition of the Berlinale will take place from February 20 to March 1, 2020. The film made by Radu Jude – who is included in the Forum competition section also with the documentary
The Exit of the Trains / Ieșirea trenurilor din gară, made together with the historian Adrian Cioflâncă – will be screened on February 24 and 29 and March 1, 2020.
Uppercase Print / Tipografic Majuscul is a microfilm production, in co-production with the Romanian Television and Hi Film Productions. With the support of the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), co-financed through then Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, in association with nomada.sol
Best Friend Forever is the international sales agent and the Romanian distributor is Hi Film Productions.
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